YAEGAKI
Corporation of USA
YAEGAKI has been producing authentic sake since 1987 in U.S. As
the U.S. Sake market has matured and people are looking for high
quality sake, YAEGAKI Corporation of USA (YCU) was established
in 1999 in Vernon, California. Thanks to strong support of consumers,
our business has grown accordingly. As part of our continuous
effort to provide high quality sake, YCU will open a new brewery
in Los Angeles in October 17, 2003. At YCU, we continue to be
committed to providing authentic and a high quality sake to consumers
in the U.S.

Trusting the power of a single grain
The history of YAEGAKI dates back to 1666. The company started
off as a small liquor shop located in Banshu area or the present
Himeji City of Hyogo Prefecture. This liquor shop used to release
sake "YAEGAKI" which was named after the famous classic poem compiled
in Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters). Since then, YAEGAKI has
progressed steadily by developing newer technologies and various
businesses ranging from brewing business in the early Edo Period
to the present-day biotechnology business. Throughout the long
period, our motto is "The Power of A Single Grain" As we brew
sake by trusting the power of a single rice grain, we also commit
ourselves to fostering each employee and each product.

YAEGAKI GROUP
YAEGAKI Sake & Spirits, Inc. now produces mainly handmade
sake, i.e. by traditional methods as in the old days. It also
has other alcoholic products such as shochu (distilled spirit)
and mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine for cooking). YAEGAKI Bio-industry,
Inc. has afterwards, established its Yasutomi factory in the neighborhood
and is engaged in the production and sales of natural food colors
and raw materials for functional foods. YAEGAKI Machinery, Inc.
was renamed afterwards, as YAEGAKI Foods & Systems, Inc.,
which mainly sells brewing machineries (systems), agricultural
products processing machineries (systems), and commercial materials,
such as functional foods. YAEGAKI Group thus manufactures products,
and creates new technologies by exploring the life force. YAEGAKI
Technology Development Laboratories is considered to be equivalent
to the brain of the group and is supported by the same spirit,
which pursues the power of a single grain E

Overseas
Besides YAEGAKI Corporation of USA, YAEGAKI Group now has 2 more
affiliated companies outside of Japan. Shanghai Dong Fa Brewery
Co., Ltd. In China, produces white sake to be used as a raw material
for mirin. Hacko Corporation in Taiwan is a trading firm, which
deals with import & export of YAEGAKI products and raw materials
for fermentation process. The importance of these affiliated companies
are growing steadily, as they work not only as local business
units, but also as our international business centers.